Physical Properties of Matter- Vocabulary Workshop Station Lab
After reading about physical properties of matter, I wanted students to have a chance to experience what the different vocabulary words meant and gain some common experiences so that we would be able to reference these experiences in later classes. My students were also struggling with the new vocabulary words as well as the idea that melting temperature was a physical property. These six stations are designed for students to rotate through independently in small groups. The teacher will be at the gallium melting demonstration station throughout the activity while also monitoring students' progress around the room. At each station students will create a Frayer Model for the vocabulary term that includes the term, definition, a drawing, a synonym, an example, and a sentence that uses the term.
Station Instructions
Print out one station instruction sheet for each student who will be at the station at a time. See the slides linked below.
Physical Properties of Matter Vocab Stations- Google slides
This will allow students to stay on task without having to wait for others to finish writing.
Also, give students three copies of the Frayer model sheet (they need 6 Frayer Model Templates- one for each station.)
Physical Properties Frayer Models- Google Slides
Station 1: Melting Point
Materials: Goggles for teacher and a pair for each student at the station. Gloves for teacher.
hot water- not boiling
Ice water
Small glass beakers
Instructions: show students the small cube of gallium from the mold. Have students discuss its physical properties and how they know it's a solid. Then, put it into the hot water. They can watch it melt rapidly. Use the syringe to suck up the liquid gallium and put it back into the mold. Discuss how they can tell that the gallium is a liquid. Askthem if it is still the same substance (it is). Stress that melting point and freezing point are the same temperature and that melting and freezing a PHYSICAL changes because the chemical identity of the substance is the same.
Slide 1 with melting chocolate bar
Station 2: Density
Materials:
Large container with water (I use a clear plastic storage container)
6 pound bowling ball (can be borrowed from local bowling alley)
15 pound bowling ball (can be borrowed from local bowling alley)
Towels for cleaning any spills
Slide 2 with density squares
Station 3: Viscosity
Three viscosity tubes or clear bottles (water bottles work well) with lids.
Three marbles that fit into viscosity tubes/bottles
Fill the three bottles with different materials: I use dish soap, water, and corn syrup.
Timer/stopwatch
Slide three with viscous honey
Station 4: Malleability
Two samples of pennies- one regular penny, one souvenir smooshed penny
Small square of aluminum foil
Slide four with gold foil
Station 5: Solubility
Materials:
Bowl with sand
Bowl with salt
2 spoons
2 cups
water
Waste bucket- to collect water/salt/sand mixtures
Clean water in pitcher
Slide five with Kool-Aid solution
Station 6: Elasticity
Loop of string
Rubberband
Slide 6 with stretched rubberband
Picture sources in order of appearance in slideshow
Melting Chocolate Bar at https://freesvg.org/melting-chocolate-bar on 12/22/19 License: CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Honey at https://pixabay.com/photos/honey-yellow-beekeeper-nature-1958464/?scrlybrkr=c3dc6f8a on 12/22/19 License: CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Gold Metallic Texture at https://www.flickr.com/photos/geishaboy500/7241678418 on 12/22/19. Cropped picture used here. License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Brown handle hammer with shadow at https://publicdomainvectors.org/en/free-clipart/Vector-graphics-of-brown-handle-hammer-with-shadow/22083.html on 12/22/19 License: CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Gold Bar Vector File at https://www.goodfreephotos.com/vector-images/gold-bar-vector-file.png.php on 12/22/19 License: CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Snapback to reality by Sander van der Wel at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(356-365)_Snapback_to_reality_(6283432546).jpg on 12/22/19 License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
The Krazy Kool-Aid at https://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/96647086/in/photostream/ on 12/22/19 License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Delicious Drink at https://www.flickr.com/photos/10413717@N08/6296313634 on 12/22/19 License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Glass of water at https://pxhere.com/en/photo/801119?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=4e4544244cfb73a32e95b443739106a02ea10cd3-1577044454-0-AaWLaejEpCa8iSb7PxtyJRjgq6sp8reZvhspbmmcmUosfLQK8EqnYSXq9lyfhGEGBp05UOUXPjdkouVlCgm-NCHIYWz7KRU4lOKhlczbqrpSydDLXhQiWVNbQ-2kFRoHDz2vykXDtg8ufUmVuHBHULSWhuUr3CDmwgkCjRlJ1B_cbkHry7ulT2E5tAswuCr3JuG2REG5dBS5YAhf3IH5h1b-cW7mrPbzpiBRwu1VE8YyBBPB7QWDzqTD-fH6-QNs_dn0Jkid0WxzniPu6_mOqz8 on 12/22/19 License: CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/